
people
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Pine Gates at
Train Mountain Entering the Pine Gates for the first time.
photographer: Colin Murphy |

people
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Ikon Shay at Weston Park, England Bob Whitfield driving his three
cylinder coal fired Shay build by Dave Giles of Auckland, New Zealand at Weston
Park, England. The Rio Grande cars were built by Brett Rogers and are now owned
by Arthur Henton.
photographer: Tricia Whitfield |

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First time as a steam engineer I'm hooked on steam. I hope my wife is,
too, because I want a train now! Mark steaming his first time as a
engineer and his wife Kelly as the passenger. Hope she's enjoying it as much as
he is, because he's hooked .
photographer: Al Wood |

kids |
Mike and Logan driving Mack Mike and Logan Boner at the Bittercreek
Western Narrow Gauge meet Aug 13, 2006. On Grandpa's first Loco that their
mother learned to drive, a Cannonball Super Mack.
photographer: Tom Osterdock |

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Tammy Driving the Beam with friend Tammy Boner and Chuck out on Dad's
Conner Beam. This is Chucks first time on a train. Taken at the Bittercreek
Western Narrow Gauge meet August 13, 2006.
photographer: Tom Osterdock |

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Mallaney Creek No. 5 Howard Springer's 2 1/2" scale mikado stops in at
the logging camp at Train Mountain.
photographer: Andy Frame |

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End of a Great Day End of a great day at Illinois Live Steamers Club in
the fall of 2005, Steaming up Papa's Little Engines 4-4-0. Pictured is
Lea, 9 years old, her first time operating engineer of Little Engines 4-4-0
American (1.5 scale 7.5 gauge) Pulling her sister Lori, 8 years old in a pair of
wooden D&RGW gondolas at ILS.
photographer: Michael Bosek |

kids |
Fire Wood Train Nicholas (age 7) is already a competent engineer and is
shown here bringing in a load of firewood cut from along the Ligonier Valley RR
in Western PA. Dad gets to do the loading and unloading!
photographer: Randy Ross |

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Getting steamed up
Dave Gehrke's 7.5" gauge RR in West Bend, WI. Steam doubleheader led by Brad
Smith's 0-4-0 followed by a Shay going past a full-size signal. Bruce Moffat
climbed up there to take photos and looks as though he's trying to figure out
why his lens keeps getting fogged up!
photographer: Eric Bronsky |

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Prairie Passage
Monon 81-A crosses a trestle approaching Katieville on the EJ&K, near Boone
Iowa.
photographer: David Veneziano |